USATF New England
Mountain Running Series

Eric Morse (VT) 37 is
employed as a draftsman. Morse was an automatic qualifier
based on his victory at the Wolverine Mountain Race, he
also finished second at Mt. Washington. He has competed
four times for the US Mountain Running Team having finished
third US in '96 and second US in '97 and '00, and was
unable to attend in 2001 due to travel restrictions. Morse
has been named Vermont runner of the year ten times and has
won twelve USATF NE championships. Morse finished first at
the USATF New England Mountain Circuit 1997, 1999,
2000-2002 and was the USATF NE Mountain running champion in
1998 & 1999. Eric was named the USATF Mountain Runner
of the year in 2001. He has PR's of 3:59 in the mile, 14:17
5K, 29:20 10K and 1:03:50 for the half marathon.

Dave Dunham (MA) 38 works for the
Treasury Department. Dunham finished second at the
Wolverine race, and fifth at Mt Washington. Dave has
competed on the USA Mountain running team ('92-96,'98, and
'00). He was selected but injured in '97 and '99, and was
unable to make the race in 01' due to travel restrictions.
Dunham captured the silver medal at the Worlds in Gap
France (1993), and was the top USA finisher in 1992-96, and
'00 (2nd US in '98). He qualified for the Olympic Marathon
Trials in 1992 and 2000. In 1996, Dunham founded the USATF
NE mountain circuit, and then won the circuit in both 1996
and 1998 (runner-up in 1999, 2000, and 2001). Dunham was
the 2000 USATF Mountain Runner of the year. The
multi-talented athlete also represented the U.S. on the
World 100K team and was the National Snowshoe champion in
2001 and the runner-up in 2002. Dave has PR’s of
14:08 for 5K, 29:17 10K, 1:00:53 20K, 2:19:28 marathon,
2:57:36 50K, and 6:46:39 for 100K.

Paul Low (MA) 28 is currently studying
at UMass Amherst working towards his M.S. in
Geosciences (studying igneous petrology and tectonics).
In 2002 he placed second at Vail and fourth at Mount
Washington. In addition Paul set a course record in
winning the Seven Sister's 12-Mile Trail Race and
finished 7th in the USATF New England 10K championships
(30:41). Paul was a US team member in 1999 and 2000
(2nd and 5th US finisher). He set a course record at
the Mt Toby Trail Run and was 19th at the US National
25K championship (1:19:50) in 2001. In 2000 Low was the
2nd US finisher at Susa Italy, Kitzbuhel Austria, and
Oberstaufen Germany and the top US finisher at the
International Snowdon race in Wales (finishing 5th
overall). He has PR's of 14:44 for 5K, 24:38 5 mile,
30:36 10K, 1:07:28 ½ marathon and 2:26:00 for
the marathon.

Dan Verrington (MA), 40 makes his
living as a Cemetery Superintendent. He was selected to the
team from 1994-1999, and 2001 and was the alternate on the
2000 team. Verrington has been one of the most consistent
finishers for the team during that time. He was the second
US finisher in 1994, third US in 1996 & 1998, fourth US
in 1997, and fifth US in 1999, he was 2nd US finisher in
2001. He was 3rd overall in the 2000 Open race. Verrington
won the USATF New England Mountain Running Championships in
2001. In 2002 he was the National 50K champion and was the
2nd US finisher on the World 100K team. Verrington lists
his PR's of 5k 14:48, 10k 30:35, half marathon 1:05:32 and
2:21:10 in the marathon. Dan will also be competing in the
WMRA World Masters Mountain Running Championships the week
following the World Trophy.

Richard Bolt (NH) 31, has been
selected to be the alternate. Bolt was the 3rd US finisher
at the 1999 World trophy and at the Challenge Stellina.
Bolt completed all three of the selection races, placing
sixth at the Wolverine run, ninth at Mt Washington, and
eleventh at Vail. He was the bronze medallist at the 2002
Snowshoe national championships. Bolt finished third at
USATF NE mountain circuit in 2002 and 2000. He also
competed in the US Olympic trials and was All-American for
Nordic skiing and was on the 1997 World Duathlon Team.
Richard has PR's of 4:19 for the mile, 14:49 5K, 24:48 5
Mile, and 31:06 for 10K. He has fully recovered from a bout
with Lyme disease in 2001. In addition to being the
Mountain representative at the New England Association
(USATF), he serves on the National Mountain/Ultra/Trail
Running Sports Council.

Nikki Kimball (Waterford, NY) 31 will
make her first trip to the Worlds this year. She finished
sixth at Mt. Washington just behind Bryan. Kimball earned a
berth on her first U.S. Mountain Running team last year,
but was unable to make the trip to Italy due to travel
restrictions. Kimball has set course records this year at
Mt. Kearsarge (8.5Mile Uphill), Whiteface Mountain (8 mile
uphill), Northern Nipmuk 16 Mile, and won the Merrimack
River 10 Mile. Like Dunham, Kimball represented the U.S. in
the World 100K Challenge in 2001 and 2002. Kimball is an
orthopedic physical

Suzy West (Putney, VT) 39 makes her
fourth U.S. team, this year as the alternate She
participated in two of the US selection races finishing
third at Wolverine Mountain and ninth at Mt. Washington. In
1999 she was the top U.S. finisher, fourth U.S. finisher in
2000, and although she was named to the team in 2001 travel
restrictions forced her to remain in the U.S. West won the
2000 and 2001 New England Mountain Running Circuits. In
2002 West has been strong in Circuit placing second to
Kimball at Kearsarge, second at Mount Wachusett, third at
Pack Monadnock, and second at Mount Ascutney. West has a
successful dental practice in Putney, VT.